Saturday, 29 July 2017

For months I've been trying to arrange doing a story on Yorkshire professional cyclists Ben and Connor Swift who are cousins. With Ben's back from the Tour de France and before Connor headed to France to race I got them together for an interview and a ride in Rotherham. As a huge cycling fan, reporting on stories like this is the next best thing to being a professional cyclist!

Wednesday, 19 July 2017

I've been reporting on Yorkshire divers winning medals at the World Aquatics Championships in Budapest. This is a good example of having to rely on footage from elsewhere to put together a report. I had access to the broadcast of the Championships (which was on the BBC red button) and thankfully BBC Sport had gathered some good interviews with the divers which I also made use of.

Monday, 3 July 2017

I've been to Rotherham to do a story with a group of Roma teenagers in the Eastwood area of the town who've made a film warning their community of the risks of child sexual exploitation. It comes after the Alexis Jay Report on child grooming in Rotherham highlighted increasing concerns about the sexual exploitation of Roma children in the town. The film was made by young Roma people in collaboration with the charities Rotherham Ethnic Minority Alliance and My Place Rotherham.

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About Me

Broadcast Journalist at BBC Look North. Research, film, script and edit stories in South Yorkshire and report live for Look North and the BBC News Channel. Also report on cycling for BBC Sport.
Producer of a half hour documentary for BBC Radio 4 on the closure of the Remploy factories.
This is my personal blog - views are my own.
Get in touch: mark.ansell@bbc.co.uk